The 'Racist' Tapestry of LotR

[Krug]

Boy is this guy deluded or what..
http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=13086

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I've heard that argument before. I'm so tired of people telling me about racism in everything that I simply stopped caring and paying attention to it. When I read reviews of the trilogy and see that people say it could use a post-modern coat of paint to get more women and ethnic people involved I want to scream, "write your own story where the noble africans queens and Xena's battle the evil of whoever and win!" It was racism in Star Wars:The Phantom Menace when the Trade Guild guys were deemed to be, "Too asian" and may offend.

People have no right to not be offended. I don't know why so many cling to the belief that they do.

 

[Nightfall]

I cling to the right to be offended by ignorant people and people that are offended with no reason!

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I cling to the right to be offended by ignorant people and people that are offended with no reason!

I should say, "everyone has a right to be offended, just don't expect society to mold itself after your hangups"

 

[Bass Puppet]

Man, I feel dumber after reading that. It's so sad to see such a waste of a human being.

B.T.W. I made my will save, so I won't be commenting on him being French.

 

[Hand of Evil]

And the pebble is dropped into the pond, ripples flow out until they hit something and more ripples are created and then more and everyone stops to watch the waves.

don't give weight to something so far fetched.

 

[Knightcrawler]

That was hilarious, especially the replies. What a friggin idiot.

 

[Richards]

I rather liked how he kept using the phrase "people of skin color." Heck, I'm a Caucasian, but I have skin color: mine's a kind of peachy-pink.

Johnathan

 

[Darrin Drader]

This raving lunatic lost me at the following line:

In these times when a homicidal maniac from Texas (the Texas capital punishment policy under Bush) has stolen the American throne and called for a "crusade" against the "evil doers" in nations that white people have been invading, terrorizing, raping and pillaging in for 5000 years with zero provocation, ...

While I'm no Bush supporter, In strongly disagree that he stole his position. If anything the system that allows for a president to lose the popular vote and still make it into office needs to be revised. Nor do I agree that there has been zero provocation. If 9/11 was considered zero provocation then I am unable to continue any sort of dialog with this person, given his completely alien mindset.

And where does 5000 years come from anyway? Recorded history only dates back 6,000 years, and of that history Europe's is only somewhat defined for 3,000 years. I suppose you could point to Roman wars against Carthage as an early example, but that's weak at best.

The rest of what he has to say from that point on is completely irrelevant.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Hey now. This guy makes a lot of sense. The Lord of the Rings should be changed so that it's about oppressed women and minorities overthrowing their white male oppressors!

[/sarcasm]

Seriously. This kind of rabid, knee-jerk political correctness makes me sick to my stomach. I'm glad that a lot of the people who replied to the article told the author that he was an idiot.